Here’s a summary of the nine (so far identified) rules changes put forward by the Senate Republicans, which the Democrats are denouncing as a power grab that will cast the chamber back into the dark ages.

The summary was provided by the Democrats, whose spokesman, Austin Shafran, called the changes “absolutely toxixc to good government” and insisted they would codify the operation of government in “secret” and “behind closed doors.”

Some of the rules are cleaning up a mess created by the 2009 Senate coup, such as the elimination of the post of VP for Urban Policy and Planning – a job that was given to former Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. as part of the deal that brought him back to the Democratic fold and ended the 31-day stalemate.

Another re-connects the president pro tempore and majority leader posts – jobs that were split following the coup, with the former going to Sen. Malcolm Smith and the latter to Espada.

Yet another change would require the temporary president to be elected by the majority of senators elected (the current rule just says the Senate “shall choose” without specifying how) and also bars the lieutenant governor from casting a tie-breaking vote.

The GOP also resurrected an old committee, Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, which was awarded by Majority Leader Dean Skelos to Sen. Jeff Klein, the Bronx Democrat who is the ringleader of thefour-member Independent Democratic Conference.

Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif said the changes are “additional rules that will help the committees function,” adding: “We’ve made some small changes, and we’re going to continue to work with Republicans and Democrats.”

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